Dec. 25
HE CAME; HE IS COMING
"This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so
come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven" Acts 1:11
Many are celebrating our Lord's first coming this day; let us turn
our thoughts to the promise of His second coming. This is as sure as
the first advent, and derives a great measure of its certainty from
it. He who came as a lowly man to serve will assuredly come to take
the reward of His service. He who came to suffer will not be slow in
coming to reign.
This is our glorious hope, for we shall share His joy. Today we are
in our concealment and humiliation, even as He was while here below;
but when He cometh it will be our manifestation, even as it will be
His revelation. Dead saints shall live at His appearing. The slandered
and despised shall shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their
Father. Then shall the saints appear as kings and priests, and the
days of their mourning shall be ended. The long rest and inconceivable
splendor of the millennial reign will be an abundant recompense for
the ages of witnessing and warring.
Oh, that the Lord would come! He is coming! He is on the road and
traveling quickly. The sound of His approach should be as music to our
hearts! Ring out, ye bells of hope!